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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Health and Safety Law

  • Unit Code

    HST1154

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gregory Weng HO

Description

In this unit, students are introduced to work health and safety legislation from a local, national and international perspective. Students will develop the skills to apply work health and safety legislation and guidance materials to a variety of workplaces. Students are also introduced to a variety of legal concepts related to achieving a healthy and safe workplace.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate the historical development of work/occupational health and safety law in a variety of jurisdictions to improve understanding of the current practice.
  2. Apply knowledge of legislation and relevant guidance materials to a workplace in order to identify compliance.
  3. Communicate professionally and with competence, using appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills, to convey an understanding of work/occupational health and safety law.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to legal concepts.
  3. Introduction to common law and negligence.
  4. Work safety and health legislation in the mining and petroleum industries.
  5. Evolution of global WHS.
  6. Shaping of modern WHS.
  7. Legal framework and key terms.
  8. WHS legislation in Australia and overseas.
  9. Other relevant legislation.
  10. Workplace participation.
  11. Enforcement and penalties.
  12. Performance indicators.

Additional Learning Experience Information

All students are provided with learning module notes with self-paced activities and case studies. On-campus students are instructed via face-to-face lectures and tutorials and guest lecturers. Online students will be supported via interactive online tutorials, recorded lectures and an online discussion board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationKey Legal Terms20%
ReportWorkplace Inspection Report40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationKey Legal Terms20%
ReportWorkplace Inspection Report40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Dunn, C. E., & Thakorlal, S. (2014). Australian Master Work Health and Safety Guide. (2nd ed.). North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/895759292?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Health and Safety Law

  • Unit Code

    HST1154

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gregory Weng HO

Description

In this unit, students are introduced to work health and safety legislation from a local, national and international perspective. Students will develop the skills to apply work health and safety legislation and guidance materials to a variety of workplaces. Students are also introduced to a variety of legal concepts related to achieving a healthy and safe workplace.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate the historical development of work/occupational health and safety law in a variety of jurisdictions to improve understanding of the current practice.
  2. Apply knowledge of legislation and relevant guidance materials to a workplace in order to identify compliance.
  3. Communicate professionally and with competence, using appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills, to convey an understanding of work/occupational health and safety law.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to legal concepts.
  3. Introduction to common law and negligence.
  4. Work safety and health legislation in the mining and petroleum industries.
  5. Evolution of global WHS.
  6. Shaping of modern WHS.
  7. Legal framework and key terms.
  8. WHS legislation in Australia and overseas.
  9. Other relevant legislation.
  10. Workplace participation.
  11. Enforcement and penalties.
  12. Performance indicators.

Additional Learning Experience Information

All students are provided with learning module notes with self-paced activities and case studies. On-campus students are instructed via face-to-face lectures and tutorials and guest lecturers. Online students will be supported via interactive online tutorials, recorded lectures and an online discussion board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationKey Legal Terms20%
ReportWorkplace Inspection Report40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationKey Legal Terms20%
ReportWorkplace Inspection Report40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Dunn, C. E., & Thakorlal, S. (2014). Australian Master Work Health and Safety Guide. (2nd ed.). North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/895759292?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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